In addition to gains from renminbi appreciation, corporations could profit from higher interest rates available in renminbi at a time when the Federal Reserve was holding dollar rates near zero.

除了人民币升值带来的收益外，在美联储将美元利率保持在接近于零的低位之际，企业可以获利于人民币较高的利率。

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The central bank might have issued the currency during a time of near-zero interest rates, when the cost to people of holding extra currency was nothing.

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